Improvement in tobacco-bags



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TOB'ACCO-BAGS.- I

No. 194,655. m Aug. 28,1877;

ATTORNEYS N. PETERS, PHOTQ-LITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTONv D C. V

tion.

UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. OUSSEN, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO M. MILLHISER & (10., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN TOBACCO-BAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,655, dated August 28, 1877 application filed M June 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. OUssEN, of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and in the State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Smoking-Tobacco Bags; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to tobacco-bags of any shape and size; and it consists in the mode of constructing and fastening the mouth of the bag, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-- Figure l is a perspective view of my inven- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 shows the tobacco-bag before it is filled.

A represents the tobacco-bag, made of muslin or other suitable material, and having one end (forming the bottom) sewed or fastened in any desired manner. At the other end,

which is to form the mouth of the bag, themuslin or material of which the bag is made is doubled, and at a suitable distance from this end are two drawing strings, a a, passed through the material-that is, between the two thicknesses of the bag-and rows of stitching b b are made above and below the draw ing-strings, so as to form a channel or casing, in which said strings work. The drawingstrings are therebyprotectedfrom being caught upon or by the tin, when inserted for packing the bag. Without such channel or casing forthem out, carrying them to the bottom of the bag. When the bag is filled, and these two strings are drawn in opposite directions, the

ba g is thereby tightened, and the two strings may then be tied around the bag, leaving the doubled portion B of the bag projecting on all sides, as shown, to form a convenient mouth for the bag, and a means for. easily opening the same when the strings are untied. The bag is then sealed by the strip 0 being passed over the mouth and down on two opposite sides of the bag, after which a band. D, is passed around the bag, over the ends of said strip, the band and strip being both pasted or similarly attached to the bag.

The strip 0 may form the usual revenuestamp, and the band D the manufacturers label, or vice versa.

By making the enlarged mouth, as described, the material can be folded down comparatively smooth on the bag in all directions. The strip 0 holds the mouth down, and at the same time covers or closes any gap that may be left in closing the bag.

Having thus fully described my invention. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A tobacco bag, A, having its mouth doubled, forming a projecting part, B, and provided with drawing-strings, inclosed in a channel formed by the stitching b b, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of a tobacco-bag, A, having drawing-strings a a and projecting part B, and the fastening-strip G, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination of atobacco-bag, A,

havingdrawing-strings a, a, and-projecting part I WILLIAM J. OUSSEN:

Witnesses:

FRANK GALT, J. G. SOHROEDER. 

